Cameroon vs Western Africa: Melonseed — Area harvested
Melonseed — Area harvested over time
- Cameroon
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 920,351 ha against 127,351 ha in Cameroon, a difference of 793,000 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 7.2 times Cameroon's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Africa ahead.
Cameroon ranks 3rd and Western Africa ranks 3rd of 16 countries.
Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61,597 ha | 353,694 ha | 292,098 ha | Western Africa |
| 1970s | 74,193 ha | 282,654 ha | 208,461 ha | Western Africa |
| 1980s | 92,050 ha | 160,590 ha | 68,540 ha | Western Africa |
| 1990s | 96,534 ha | 304,524 ha | 207,989 ha | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 102,055 ha | 655,126 ha | 553,071 ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 119,631 ha | 821,667 ha | 702,036 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 127,576 ha | 924,543 ha | 796,967 ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher melonseed — area harvested, Cameroon or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 920,351 ha against 127,351 ha in Cameroon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in melonseed — area harvested between Cameroon and Western Africa?
- 793,000 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Western Africa rank globally for melonseed — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 3rd and Western Africa ranks 3rd of 16 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Melonseed — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.